Who’s to Blame for Kids’ Bad Eating Habits?
In the debate over children’s eating habits and the rise in obesity, parents are quick to blame school cafeterias, and school cafeterias are quick to blame parents. Parents point to the French fries, the chicken nuggets and the pizza and wonder how those options constitute a healthy meal. Foodservice directors assert that kids eat one, sometime two, meals at school, but that they take in a good number of calories at home as well. What’s more, the meals kids bring to school when they pack lunch are hardly healthy — usually a variation on sandwich, full-fat chips and a sugary drink. The real problem, cafeteria directors say, is that parents no longer teach their children good eating habits, and that kids arrive at school unwilling to eat nutritious foods. Healthy eating must start at home, they argue. Several commentators have echoed those sentiments recently, saying parents are ultimately responsible for fostering good eating habits in children. But a new study from the Johns Hopkins Bl
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